^^^What decent flair Glenda did possess at one time, she gave in to the masses sensibility for flashy tackiness because the masses
do like this sort of gaudiness that her Bazaar devolved into. It's what made it a success.
Nothing will ever beat print. But only if the magazine is a worthy production filled with solid, strong stories. And sadly these days, the overwhelming majority of rags just don’t cut it, nor know/care to present a fashion and design experience. It really is time to rethink and let go of old traditions and practices that the publication industry greedily and stubbornly still latches on to. Like
@dior_couture1245 put it bluntly on another thread: It’s time to burn down the industry and start from scratch. Because that combo of greed and mediocrity is so ugly.
You know, I’ve been looking at Fabien’s
Arena Homme Plus magazines and it’s such a sleek experience from page to page: It set a standard that has yet to be reached or surpassed 20 years later in both photography, styling and art direction. But his brand of design is hugely diminished in digital form. (His book
Works is of such high quality in its paper stock and print-reproduction that although I’m not fully convinced of his selection, the experience of turning from page to page, along with the oversized book dimension, is really just pure aural and creative luxe. Now compare that too A.F. Vandervorst’s book
Ende Neu— which unfortunately feels and looks so cheap: poor paper stock and a small dimension, along with such an unflattering layout, absolutely diminishes their brilliance.)